Legalising Drugs Doesn’t Work

If alcohol was invented today, it would certainly be made illegal. Many argue that legalising drugs doesn’t work for this very reason.

Billions are spent, every year, by the NHS treating the ill effects of alcohol.

Alcohol kills people. Some die from acute alcohol intoxication because they drink so much their body simply can not handle the alcohol. Others die from long term chronic conditions associated with alcohol misuse.

Families are destroyed by alcohol addiction. Careers ruined, studies not completed. Street drinkers, homeless and hopeless, often started drinking while holding down responsible jobs. They may have owned a house and provided for their family.

Legalising Drugs Doesn’t Work: Why Do Some Politicians Want To Legalise Drugs?

Good question!

Some people have the view that if you legalise drugs drug gangs are rendered irrelevant. Yet many studies argue that legalising drugs doesn’t work to eliminate the negative impact of crime completely.

Maybe that will happen, maybe it won’t. The question should be: So what?

While the chemical purity will be more assured if drugs are legalised, the idea that removing the criminal element to possessing drugs will make it easier to control is nonsensical; evidence shows legalising drugs doesn’t work for these purposes.

Cigarettes are legal, yet “under the counter” cigarettes (non duty paid) are easy to find. Red diesel is legal for agricultural use yet people will try and use it for road use. High end clothing is imitated and even iPhones can be faked, so legalising drugs doesn’t work to eliminate illegal activity.

If you legalise it the price comes down and it becomes readily available: Just as with alcohol. The problems will only get worse. For example, legalising drugs doesn’t work to solve underlying social or health issues.

Legalising Drugs Doesn’t Work :Shooting Galleries

No, we are not advocating shooting people addicted to drugs.

Shooting galleries are places where injecting drug users can go to use in safety. They are warm, well lit with staff on hand to help in case of a medical emergency; however, legalising drugs doesn’t work to resolve all safety concerns.

Sounds ideal, right? Still, the reality is that legalising drugs doesn’t work according to many studies.

No. Wherever a shooting gallery has been tried issues follow. People who inject are often extremely chaotic, street homeless who turn to crime to feed their habit.

When a shooting gallery opens up in an area, problems follow. Ambulances are a constant sight and people die, which illustrates that legalising drugs doesn’t work in reducing emergency incidents.

The crime rate will spike and soon the locals will be up in arms. Legalising drugs doesn’t work to lower crime as expected.

There will be those defending it and those against it, yet the evidence suggests legalising drugs doesn’t work to unite communities.

It never ends well. Ultimately, legalising drugs doesn’t work to prevent such tragic outcomes.

Legalising Drugs Doesn’t Work: Legalised Heroin Injection

Diamorphine is pharmaceutical heroin.

It is an injectable medication that is heavily controlled. Only a doctor with a special licence from the Home Office can prescribe it. Pilots have been launched where users can get injectable diamorphine and inject it under supervision in a high street setting. Glasgow’s £2.4m heroin ‘shooting gallery’ opening delayed as drug addicts face new wait – Scottish Daily Express

Due to it being a short acting drug users need to inject twice a day. This means the centre needs to be open seven days a week, 365 days a year with a doctor on site for most of the time. The costs involved are considerable.

As with shooting galleries, there are associated problems and, very soon, they attract very negative attention. It is a far more expensive way to provide services.

Methadone, a substitute for Heroin and Opioids can be prescribed by a nurse/pharmacist prescriber and can be prescribed for 14 days at a time.

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